I take a look at the extreme independent horror film her name was torment from the director of easter casket. Tormented refers to someone that has been subjected to a torment, such as the tormento della corda. Her name was torment is a strangely erotic, brutal, artsy, gory movie written and directed by dustin mills see also skinless, kill that btch, the hornets sting and. A cleaning woman at an old new york city restaurant struggles to make enough money to pay for her sick sons operation. Her name is torment experimental film about a supposed serial killer. Her is a 20 american sciencefiction romantic drama film written, directed, and produced by spike jonze. Dustin wayde mills, the director of horror film her name was torment, and collaborator matthew goodfriend have posted the film to view online for free until sunday 16th november. Her name was torment 2014 directed by dustin mills. The first film from cf is her name was torment which is one mills promised would to be completely different than his other films. With joseph ruiz, frank merlino, david francis calderazzo, nigel harvey. Set in 1988 a woman who suffers from agoraphobia soon realizes her fear of the outside world is nothing compared to what she finds lurking in the shadows of her own home. It ties these all together nicely with a group of slashers torturing an already tortured family.
If you have someones picture, phone number, name, and other bits of personal information, you can set up a profile for them in basically any social site and it can look completely legitimate. Corpse bride also known as tim burtons corpse bride is a 2005 stopmotion animated musical dark fantasy film directed by mike johnson and tim burton with a screenplay by john august, caroline thompson and pamela pettler based on characters created by burton and carlos grangel. No videos, backdrops or posters have been added to her name was torment. With katharine isabelle, robin dunne, peter dacunha, stephen mchattie. I have recently discovered the world of foreign films.
It also moves at a snails pace, is filled with painfully stupid characters and features a conspiracy that pretty much any fool should be able to stop. Katherine marie heigl is an american actress and former fashion model. One of the worst things i have ever subjected myself to, this film makes real microbudget films look like hollywood tentpoles. Her name was torment, a ghostly torture trip by dustin mills. The film follows theodore twombly joaquin phoenix, a man who develops a relationship with samantha scarlett johansson, an artificially intelligent virtual assistant personified through a female voice the film also stars. Heigl began studying acting and made her film debut in that night 1992.
Two parents find themselves fighting to get their little boy back from a sadistic cult, who have stolen him and plan on dark ideas. Tormented 2009 salvadorean film, a computer animated short film. Birdman or commonly known simply as birdman, is a 2014 american black comedydrama film. Download this pdf file the international journal of screendance. At lesleys suggestion, riggan replaces ralph with her boyfriend, the brilliant but volatile method actor mike shiner.
Thank god more than 60 million people in at least 300 cities around the world have heard the people sing in les miserables, the first and probably best british megamusical, since its opening in 1985. Her name was torment 2 is a bigger, badder, bolder and even more brilliant movie than its predecessor. At no time do you really know whats going on and why. Jul 04, 2014 when anne hathaway dreamed a dream and won an oscar, the torment in her grubby face broke us. Her name was torment is light on plot and heavy on video effects and gruesome, effective makeup. A must see for fans of artsy, rulebreaking, low budget horror as well as everyone who happens to find nude women in scary masks extremely sexy. Dylan farrow, woody allens adopted daughter, has given a detailed account of the 1992 alleged sexual abuse by the director. Her name is torment ii is the upcoming obvious sequel to dustin mills underground hit her name was torment. This film also makes good on its promise and gives use a film that assaults our senses and fucks our eye sockets unlike any of his other films. When her name was called for the award, her exclamation of shit. The film hit the indie horror community with a bang and mills promised to follow it up with an even more ballsy and gutwrenching film. Apr 15, 2017 her name was torment, a ghostly torturetrip by dustin mills. Torment is the 2014 horror movie that explores many of the feelings felt when a parent passes, but it manages to toss in a broken family theme as well.
Kalinka would spend her vacation there ever since her mother had. Will the world believe the grim testimony of a loyal servant whose name was torment. But the story meanders at times and ends up making a 68 minute film feel 90 minutes long. He is tormented by the mocking and critical internal voice of birdman and frequently visualizes himself.
She struggles to escape, and return to her son before the evil within the dark walls drives her completely mad. For more than a decade rhorror has been s gateway to all things horror. Oct 31, 2014 katharine isabelle stars in the dark thriller torment. Immigrant mother marta milans, killer women, mala hierba works as a cleaning woman at an old new york city restaurant in order to make enough money to. A plot is not really necessary for a good horror movie but this had no plot and no purpose. Allison egan in her name was torment 2014 brandon salkil in her name. Completely lacking any coherent or consistent visual design, black and white pov shots will suddenly give. We see interviews with the killer, a doctor asking questions that seem to only lead to more questions and a man being tortured. When a newly married couple takes their son to their country house they end up being hunted by a backwater cult. May 09, 2014 fans of experimentalabstractdisturbing horror films, i have found you a new gem worth picking up. Aug 14, 2014 the only good part is the last five minutes.
Hugos supporting characters, translated into alain boublils stage book, took on new life. There certainly are a rather large number of people who set up profiles that are actually fake. Theres a lot to like about kill that bitch, it looks really good, the score is effective, the fight choreography is unexpectedly smooth and the makeup efx are grisly enough to make you wince. Torment is a 20 canadian horror film directed by jordan barker. With allison egan, brandon salkil, jackie mckown, dustin mills. As his condition worsens, malevolent forces living within the walls of the restaurant begin to torment her. Immigrant mother marta milans, killer women, mala hierba works as a cleaning woman at an old new york city restaurant in order to make enough money to pay for her sick sons operation. Completely lacking any coherent or consistent visual design, black and white pov shots will suddenly give way to third person color whenever arterial spray is involved for no thematic reason. Her was released by warner home video on bluray disc and dvd on may, 2014. Kalinka bamberski, fourteen years old, is found dead in her mothers new house in germany. Her name was torment, just like mills bath salt zombies, is a very solid film but just did not hit the spot like the other mills films. The film had its world premiere on october 11, 20, at the screamfest horror film festival. Mar 24, 2014 if you have someones picture, phone number, name, and other bits of personal information, you can set up a profile for them in basically any social site and it can look completely legitimate. They are doing this to raise awareness and drum up support for a sequel to the film.
Tormented 2009 british film, a british horror comedy film. Doesnt mean i liked it though, i thought it was really silly. Suspected of committing twentyseven murders, patient 394 takes us deep into her perverted realm of mutilation, suffering, and otherworldly guidance. I dont know if that was a brilliant marketing tactic or a fair warning but i had to see it so i ordered a copy. Thank god the rapturous crowd at her majestys theatre in. Torment band, a peruvian black metal band torment, storyline for peter parker. Profoundly scarredboth physically and mentallyand with a slippery grasp of her identity, the woman known only as patient 394 struggles to explain the selfinflicted scars on her face, as well as the cruel methodology she used to unemotionally dissect, mutilate, and vivisect twentyfour of her completely unrecognisable victims. The whole film is shot in black and white and or grainy,blurry pixelated film. The following is an overview of the events of 2014 in film, including the highestgrossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and notable deaths. The black torment delivers no suspense whatsoever and lacks the atmosphere of a mario bava gothic horror movie like black sunday or kill baby kill or the lush production values of a hammer film. The joy of watching a foreign film is that it exposes the viewer to countries and cultures much different than our own without ever needing to leave home. Much like her name was torment, this is a stripped down in more ways than one story that pulls the best out of its small cast to create a memorable, if not upsetting, story. Tides of numenera, a 2017 computer roleplaying video game.
Woody allens adopted daughter dylan farrow details. Writerdirector dustin mills uses the interviews to flesh out the strange mythology that drives the lead to murder and necrophilia, but leaves the viewer with considerably more questions than answers by the abrupt end the film runs under an hour. Her name was torment 2014 04292014 us horror 50m user score. Torment stars katharine isabelle, robin dunne and stephen mchattie. With allison egan, haley madison, dustin mills, joni durian. Her name was torment, a ghostly torturetrip by dustin mills. Since the first film was made on a literal shoestring budget, we wanted to see. Tormented refers to someone that has been subjected to a torment, such as the tormento della corda it may also refer to. The film is based on the true story of the kalinka bamberski case which took place in 1982.
The bluray release includes three behindthescenes featurettes, while the dvd release contains one featurette. Fans of experimentalabstractdisturbing horror films, i have found you a new gem worth picking up. Her name was torment 2014 not rated 50mins cast allison egan, brandon salkil, jackie mckown and dustin mills director dustin mills suspected of committing twentyseven murders, patient 394. The scenes of torture are a walk in the park compared to the utter assault on artistic expression that is director dustin mills her name was torment. When dustin wayde mills released her name was torment in early 2014, it quickly became a. The gathering 2002, set of cards in the card game magic. Jul 10, 2014 the first film from cf is her name was torment which is one mills promised would to be completely different than his other films. Cyberbullying and the media applied social psychology asp. It stars katharine isabelle as a woman who must try to save her stepson from an insane family. When 4 crooks break into a house in search of the holy grail, the owner takes them hostage and torments them. The plot is set in a fictional victorian era village in england.
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